The main purpose of this research is to evaluate the role of the company life cycle in providing an appropriate model in predicting the quality of discretionary accruals (Abnormal) using the Dickinson Cash Flow Model approach. The statistical population of the research consisted of 180 company observations that were divided into three stages of life cycle using Dickinson's model variables (2011...

This study investigates how corporate governance characteristics affect earnings management of firms in Vietnam. In particular, we examine whether firm’s use of discretionary accruals is influenced by board size, state ownership and foreign ownership. Our empirical analysis is based on a relatively large sample of 570 non-financial Vietnamese listed firms from 2010 to 2014. We find that larger ...

Discretionary accruals remain decade’s long measures to detect earnings management in empirical accounting research. The correctness of the specifications and test power information content for models remains unexplored based on samples most emerging market firms. Yet, country’s-based researchers have increasingly used different Jones-based discretionary proxy management. paper aims evaluate fo...

This research investigates the relationship between financial reporting quality and audit within context of French listed companies. The auditor brand name (Big4) is used as a proxy for earnings management ascertained through real accruals estimation. Discretionary are estimated using Jones Model Modified while use models proposed by Roychowdhury (2006). results indicate that clients Big4 firms...